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Section 1. The Executive Department of the State shall consist of the Governor, Secretary of
State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, each of whom
shall hold his office for two years beginning on the first Monday of January next after his
election, except that the terms of office of those elected at the election provided for in the
Enabling Act approved June 20, 1912, shall begin when the State shall be admitted into the
Union, and shall end on the first Monday in January, A.D. 1913, or when their successors are
elected and qualified.
The persons, respectively, having the highest number of votes cast for the office voted for
shall be elected; but if two or more persons shall have an equal and the highest number of votes
for any one of said offices, the two Houses of the Legislature at its next regular session shall elect
forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
The officers of the Executive Department during their terms in office shall reside at the
seat of government, where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books and papers.
They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by this Constitution as may be provided by law.
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Section 1. The Executive Department shall consist of Governor, Secretary of State, State
Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, each of
whom shall hold his office for two years beginning on the first Monday of January next after his
election.
The persons, respectively, having the highest number of votes cast for the office voted for
shall be elected, but if two or more persons shall have an equal and the highest number of votes
for any one of said offices, the two Houses of the Legislature at its next regular session shall elect
forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
The officers of the Executive Department during their terms of office shall reside at the
seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books, and papers.
They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the Constitution and as may be provided by
law.
[Amendment effective November 22, 1948.]
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Section 1. The Executive Department shall consist of Governor, Secretary of State, State
Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, each of
whom shall hold his office for four years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1971 next
after the regular general election in 1970.
The persons, respectively, having the highest number of votes cast for the office voted for
shall be elected, but if two or more persons shall have an equal and the highest number of votes
for any one of said offices, the two Houses of the Legislature at the next regular session shall
elect forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
The officers of the Executive Department during their terms of office shall reside at the
seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books, and papers.
They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the Constitution and as may be provided by
law.
[Amendment effective December 4, 1968.]
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Section 1. A. The executive department shall consist of the governor, secretary of state, state
treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction, each of whom shall
hold office for four years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1971 next after the
regular general election in 1970.
B. The person having a majority of the votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected.
If no person receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, a second election shall be
held as prescribed by law between the persons receiving the highest and second highest
number of votes cast for the office. The person receiving the highest number of votes at
the second election for the office is elected, but if the two persons have an equal number
of votes for the office, the two houses of the legislature at its next regular session shall
elect forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
C. The officers of the executive department during their terms of office shall reside at the
seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books, and
papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the constitution and as may be
provided by law.
[Amendment effective December 5, 1988.]
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1. Term limits on executive department and state officers; term lengths; election; residence and
office at seat of government; duties.
[NOTE: Two amended versions of this section were adopted in 1992.]
Section 1. A. The executive department shall consist of the governor, secretary of state, state
treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction, each of whom shall
hold office for a term of four years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1971 next
after the regular general election in 1970. No member of the executive department shall
hold that office for more than two consecutive terms. This limitation on the number of
terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January
1, 1993. No member of the executive department after serving the maximum number of
terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same office until
out of office for no less than one full term.
B. The person having a majority of the votes cast for the office voted for shall be elected.
If no person receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, a second election shall be
held as prescribed by law between the persons receiving the highest and second highest
number of votes cast for the office. The person receiving the highest number of votes at
the second election for the office is elected, but if the two persons have an equal number
of votes for the office, the two houses of the legislature at its next regular session shall
elect forthwith, by joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
C. The officers of the executive department during their terms of office shall reside at the
seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books, and
papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the constitution and as may be
provided by law.
(Version amended by 1992 Proposition 107)
1. Executive department; state officers; terms; election; residence and office at seat of
government; duties
Section 1. A. The executive department shall consist of the governor, secretary of state, state
treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction, each of whom shall
hold office for four years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1971 next after the
regular general election in 1970.
B. The person having the highest number of the votes cast for the office voted for shall be
elected, but if two or more persons have an equal and the highest number of votes for the
office, the two houses of the legislature at its next regular session shall elect forthwith, by
joint ballot, one of such persons for said office.
C. The officers of the executive department during their terms of office shall reside at the
seat of government where they shall keep their offices and the public records, books, and
papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the constitution and as may be
provided by law.
(Version amended by 1992 Proposition 100)
[Amendment effective November 23, 1992.]
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Section 2. No person shall be eligible to any of the offices mention in Section 1 of this article
except a male person of the age of not less than twenty-five years who shall have been for ten
years next preceding his election a citizen of the United States, and for five years next preceding
his election a citizen of Arizona.
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2. Eligibility to state offices
Section 2. No person shall be eligible to any of the offices mentioned in section 1 of this article
except a person of the age of not less than twenty-five years, who shall have been for ten years
next preceding his election a citizen of the United States, and for five years next preceding his
election a citizen of Arizona.
[Amendment effective December 5, 1988.]
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3. Governor, commander-in-chief of the military forces
Section 3. The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military forces of the state, except
when such forces shall be called into the service of the United States.
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4. Governor; powers and duties; special sessions of legislature; message and recommendations
Section 4. The governor shall transact all executive business with the officers of the government,
civil and military, and may require information in writing from the officers in the executive
department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. He shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed. He may convene the legislature in extraordinary session. He
shall communicate, by message, to the legislature at every session the condition of the state, and
recommend such matters as he shall deem expedient.
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5. Reprieves, commutations and pardons
Section 5. The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutation, and pardons, after
convictions, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and
with such restrictions and limitations as may be provided by law.
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Section 6. In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death,
inability to discharge the duties of his office, resignation, or absence from the State, the powers
and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Secretary of State until the disability ceases, or
during the remainder of the term.
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Section 6. In the event of the death of the Governor, or his resignation, removal from office, or
permanent disability to discharge the duties of the office, the Secretary of State, if holding by
election, shall succeed to the office of Governor until his successor shall be elected and shall
qualify. If the Secretary of State be holding otherwise than by election, or shall fail to qualify as
Governor, the Attorney General, the State Auditor, the State Treasurer, or the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, if holding by election, shall, in the order named, succeed to the office of
Governor. The taking of the oath of office as Governor by any person specified in this section
shall constitute resignation from the office by virtue of the holding of which he qualifies as
governor. Any Successor to the office shall become Governor in fact and entitled to all of the
emoluments, powers and duties of Governor upon taking the oath of office.
In the event of the impeachment of the Governor, his absence from the State, or other
temporary disability to discharge the duties of office, the powers and duties of the office of
Governor shall devolve upon the same person as in case of vacancy, but only until the disability
ceases.
[Amendment effective November 22, 1948.]
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6. Death, resignation, removal or disability of governor; succession to office; impeachment,
absence from state or temporary disability
Section 6. In the event of the death of the governor, or his resignation, removal from office, or
permanent disability to discharge the duties of the office, the secretary of state, if holding by
election, shall succeed to the office of governor until his successor shall be elected and shall
qualify. If the secretary of state be holding otherwise than by election, or shall fail to qualify as
governor, the attorney general, the state treasurer, or the superintendent of public instruction, if
holding by election, shall, in the order named, succeed to the office of governor. The taking of
the oath of office as governor by any person specified in this section shall constitute resignation
from the office by virtue of the holding of which he qualifies as governor. Any successor to the
office shall become governor in fact and entitled to all of the emoluments, powers and duties of
governor upon taking the oath of office.
In the event of the impeachment of the governor, his absence from the state, or other temporary
disability to discharge the duties of the office, the powers and duties of the office of governor
shall devolve upon the same person as in case of vacancy, but only until the disability ceases.
[Amendment effective December 4, 1968.]
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7. Presentation of bills to governor; approval; veto; filing with secretary of state; veto of items in
appropriation bills; inapplication of veto power to referred bills
Section 7. Every bill passed by the legislature, before it becomes a law, shall be presented to the
governor. If he approve, he shall sign it, and it shall become a law as provided in this
constitution. But if he disapprove, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it
originated, which shall enter the objections at large on the journal. If after reconsideration it
again passes both houses by an aye and nay vote on roll call of two-thirds of the members elected
to each house, it shall become a law as provided in this constitution, notwithstanding the
governor's objections. This section shall not apply to emergency measures as referred to in
section 1 of the article on the legislative department.
If any bill be not returned within five days after it shall have been presented to the governor
(Sunday excepted) such bill shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the
legislature by its final adjournment prevents its return, in which case it shall be filed with his
objections in the office of the secretary of state within ten days after such adjournment (Sundays
excepted) or become a law as provided in this constitution. After the final action by the governor,
or following the adoption of a bill notwithstanding his objection, it shall be filed with the
secretary of state.
If any bill presented to the governor contains several items of appropriations of money, he may
object to one or more of such items, while approving other portions of the bill. In such case he
shall append to the bill at the time of signing it, a statement of the item or items which he
declines to approve, together with his reasons therefor, and such item or items shall not take
effect unless passed over the governor's objections as in this section provided.
The veto power of the governor shall not extend to any bill passed by the legislature and referred
to the people for adoption or rejection.
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8. Vacancies in office
Section 8. When any office shall, from any cause, become vacant, and no mode shall be provided
by the Constitution or by law for filling such vacancy, the governor shall have the power to fill
such vacancy by appointment.
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Section 9. The powers and duties of the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor,
Attorney-General and superintendent of Public Instruction shall be as prescribed by law.
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9. Powers and duties of state officers
Section 9. The powers and duties of secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney-general, and
superintendent of public instruction shall be as prescribed by law.
[Amendment effective December 4, 1968.]
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Section 10. No person shall be eligible to succeed himself to the office of State Treasurer for the
succeeding two years after the expiration of the term for which he shall have been elected.
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10. Canvass of election returns for state officers; certificates of election
Section 10. The returns of the election for all state officers shall be canvassed, and certificates of
election issued by the secretary of state, in such manner as may be provided by law.
[Amendment effective Nov. 23, 1992 (renumbered-formerly sec. 11)]
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Selection 11. The returns of the election for all State offices shall be canvassed, and certificates
of election issued by the Secretary of State, in such manner as may be provided by law.
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11. Commissions
Section 11. All commissions shall issue in the name of the state, and shall be signed by the
governor, sealed with the seal of the state, and attested by the secretary of state.
[Amendment effective Nov. 23, 1992 (renumbered-formerly sec. 12)]
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Section 12. All commissions shall issue in the name of the State, and shall be signed by the
Governor, sealed with the seal of the State, and attested by the Secretary of State.
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12. Compensation of elective state officers; commission on salaries for elective state officers
Section 12. The salaries of those holding elective state offices shall be as established by law from
time to time, subject to the limitations of article 6, section 33 and to the limitations of article 4,
part 2, section 17. Such salaries as are presently established may be altered from time to time by
the procedure established in this section or as otherwise provided by law, except that legislative
salaries may be altered only by the procedures established in this section.
A commission to be known as the commission on salaries for elective state officers is authorized
to be established by the legislature. The commission shall be composed of five members
appointed from private life, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one each by the
president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chief justice. At such
times as may be directed by the legislature, the commission shall report to the governor with
recommendations concerning the rates of pay of elected state officers. The governor shall upon
the receipt of such report make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the exact rates
of pay which he deems advisable for those offices and positions other than for the rates of pay of
members of the legislature. Such recommendations shall become effective at a time established
by the legislature after the transmission of the recommendation of the governor without aid of
further legislative action unless, within such period of time, there has been enacted into law a
statute which establishes rates of pay other than those proposed by the governor, or unless either
house of the legislature specifically disapproves all or part of the governor's recommendation.
The recommendations of the governor, unless disapproved or altered within the time provided by
law, shall be effective; and any 1971 recommendations shall be effective as to all offices on the
first Monday in January of 1973. In case of either a legislative enactment or disapproval by either
house, the recommendations shall be effective only insofar as not altered or disapproved. The
recommendations of the commission as to legislative salaries shall be certified by it to the
secretary of state and the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified electors at the next
regular general election the question, "Shall the recommendations of the commission on salaries
for elective state officers concerning legislative salaries be accepted? [ ] Yes [ ] No." Such
recommendations if approved by the electors shall become effective at the beginning of the next
regular legislative session without any other authorizing legislation. All recommendations which
become effective under this section shall supersede all laws enacted prior to their effective date
relating to such salaries.
[Amendment effective Nov. 23, 1992 (renumbered-formerly sec. 13)]
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Section 13. Until otherwise provided by law the salaries of the state officers shall be as follows:
Governor, four thousand dollars per annum.
Secretary of State, three thousand dollars per annum.
State Auditor, three thousand dollars per annum.
State Treasurer, three thousand dollars per annum.
Attorney-General, twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.
Superintendent of Public Instruction, twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.
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13. Compensation of elective state officers; commission on salaries for elective state officers
Section 13. The salaries of those holding elective state offices shall be as established by law from
time to time, subject to the limitations of article 6, section 33 and to the limitations of article 4,
part 2, section 17. Such salaries as are presently established may be altered from time to time by
the procedure established in this section or as otherwise provided by law, except that legislative
salaries may be altered only by the procedures established in this section.
A commission to be known as the commission on salaries for elective state officers is authorized
to be established by the legislature. The commission shall be composed of five members
appointed from private life, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one each by the
president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chief justice. At such
times as may be directed by the legislature, the commission shall report to the governor with
recommendations concerning the rates of pay of elected state officers. The governor shall upon
the receipt of such report make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the exact rates
of pay which he deems advisable for those offices and positions other than for the rates of pay of
members of the legislature. Such recommendations shall become effective at a time established
by the legislature after the transmission of the recommendation of the governor without aid of
further legislative action unless, within such period of time, there has been enacted into law a
statute which establishes rates of pay other than those proposed by the governor, or unless either
house of the legislature specifically disapproves all or part of the governor's recommendation.
The recommendations of the governor, unless disapproved or altered within the time provided by
law, shall be effective; and any 1971 recommendations shall be effective as to all offices on the
first Monday in January of 1973. In case of either a legislative enactment or disapproval by either
house, the recommendations shall be effective only insofar as not altered or disapproved. The
recommendations of the commission as to legislative salaries shall be certified by it to the
secretary of state and the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified electors at the next
regular general election the question, "Shall the recommendations of the commission on salaries
for elective state officers concerning legislative salaries be accepted? [ ] Yes [ ] No." Such
recommendations if approved by the electors shall become effective at the beginning of the next
regular legislative session without any other authorizing legislation. All recommendations which
become effective under this section shall supersede all laws enacted prior to their effective date
relating to such salaries.
[Addition effective November 27, 1970.]
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Section 13. Deleted.
[Renumbered as section 12, November 23, 1992.]
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